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Monday, 28 April 2014

Seabird {Unit Study}

This months theme for the Poppins Book Nook is Planes, Trains and Automobiles - anything transport related. The book we chose Seabird by Holling Clancy Holling. Our mode of transport looked at was sea travel. Mr Holling is a master story teller that grabbed our imagination from the very first page, so much so that this month we have spent a delightful time exploring the history of shipping from sailing ships to modern container ships that roam our oceans.

We found some excellent FREE resources online and have watched a few documentaries on YouTube as well. Seabird introduced us to the wide world of shipping and encouraged an inquiry into the different types of ships through the ages. We read Ships, Sailors and the Sea alongside Seabird.

"A writer of books
for young people is quite aware that they may open new vistas for fresh
and eager minds. If this story charts a course into related stories —
sparkling seas now held unknown between other book covers — then SEABIRD
will have accomplished part of her mission."

We have learned so much this month about the shipping industry and it's history. You are invited to blog and share one of your book adventures on the theme of transportation and join in our link up below.

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